The big game marked the second time in the last three days that Warren has set a career high and the eighth time this season he has surpassed the 30-point mark. It was also the highest scoring ACC game since Boston College’s Olivier Hanlan torched Georgia Tech for 41 points in the opening round of last year’s league tournament.

Warren finished Tuesday’s game by going 16 of 22 from the floor (72.7 percent), tied his season high by making three 3-pointers and hit six of his seven free throw attempts.

In order to appreciate just how good the sophomore forward was, here are a few more facts and figures to put his performance into its proper perspective:

■ Warren is the 55th player in ACC history to score at least 40 points in a game. Those players have accomplished the feat 102 times.

■ Of the 102 games in which an ACC player has scored 40 or more points, Warren’s performance at Pittsburgh was only the 10th to come on the opponent’s home floor.

■ Warren’s 41 points are the most scored by a Wolfpack player since Rodney Monroe scored 48 against Georgia Tech in 1991.

■ They are the second-most ever scored by a State sophomore, two points fewer than Ed Leftwich’s 43 against Atlantic Christian in 1969.

■ Warren set records for most points and most field goals at Pitt’s Peterson Events Center.

■ Warren has now scored at least 20 points in 13 straight games. His 25 games with 20-plus points this season rank second in State history behind the 28 Monroe posted in ’91.

■ Tuesday’s game raised Warren’s ACC-leading scoring average from 23.6 to 24.2 points per game.

“T,J, Warren gets 41 points, but it’s an unselfish 41,” State coach Mark Gottfried said. “He’s 16 of 22 from the field. He’s not taking bad shots. Our guys did an excellent job of running the offense and hunting for him. He had the hot hand. He was special, especially against a team that prides itself on defense the way Pitt does.”